Marshall Stewart
In his role at K-State, Stewart serves as the president's principal liaison with university, government and community leadership, working to facilitate strategic initiatives and partnerships with significant impact at the local, state, national and international levels. He is the driving force behind universitywide engagement efforts designed to elevate the institution, enhance economic impact and fulfill the promise of being a next-generation land-grant university.
Stewart oversees administrative staff from the Offices of the President, Civil Rights and Title IX, Corporate Engagement, Division of Communications and Marketing, Economic Development, Engaged Scholarship, Extension, Government Relations, Interdisciplinary Programs, Extension, K-State Gardens, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, McCain Auditorium and Military and Veterans Affairs. He provides leadership for the prestigious Landon Lecture Series and manages special projects in collaboration with the president, provost and other senior university leaders. Additionally, he partners strategically with the KSU Foundation, K-State Alumni Association and K-State Athletics to advance the university’s Next-Gen K-State strategic plan.
Stewart originally joined K-State as the senior vice president for executive affairs, university engagement and partnerships, and chief of staff, and in July 2024 was elevated to executive vice president to lead K-State’s engagement enterprise, enhancing the university’s land-grant mission for the people of Kansas.
Before joining K-State, Stewart served as the chief engagement officer for the University of Missouri System and vice chancellor for extension and engagement at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In these roles, he served on the president's cabinet and worked closely with executive leaders across the system’s campuses, including the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Missouri S&T University, advancing extension and engagement, and developing a framework that leveraged expertise across UM System universities to maximize benefits for Missouri’s citizens.
Prior to his time at the University of Missouri system, Stewart held several leadership roles at North Carolina State University. He served in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in strategic planning and leadership positions, was an associate director with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and headed the Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences. Stewart began his career at NC State as the state agricultural education coordinator and FFA advisor.
Stewart has also been actively involved with the Association of Public Land Grant Universities, Engagement Scholarship Consortium and National 4-H and FFA Organizations. He started his career as a high school agriculture teacher, which laid the foundation for his extensive experience in education and community engagement.
Currently, Stewart is a professor of communications and agricultural education at Kansas State University. He holds a bachelor's degree in agricultural education, a master's in agricultural education and a doctorate in education with an emphasis in agricultural and extension education, all from North Carolina State University.